The Dark Knight - [spoilers ahead, ye be warned]

[Gemini Cricket]

I really, really liked this one. I liked it better than Begins.
Heath Ledger was stunningly good in this. Bornieo may not see an Oscar for Ledger, but I do. Truly.

Spoiler:

CP & GD ~ Me me me! I noticed the Catwoman reference. I nudged my friend Stephanie at that point. Yay!

Include my voice in the Hates the Batgrowl Choir. Yikes.

Scarecrow, Two Face and Joker all in the same movie. Neat how it works for this movie and didn't work for Forever and & Robin.

Batman's escape with Lau was brilliant. Loved it.

I wasn't bugged by Gyllenhaal. I like her. There is a natural quality to her that allows her to avoid sounding campy or forced.

I don't know what it is, but something bothers me about Bale's mouth. I think he may have too many teeth... I dunno.

Couple of Bush jabs, pretty good imho.

I liked Eckhart as well. I liked him in Thank You for Smoking and Erin Brokovich as well. The Two Face effect was amazingly well done. Although, I doubt that the normal side of him would have any hair left. Hair burns really, really fast. The precise hair part kinda bugged me.

Okay, Ledger. Man! I was worried that his performance was over-hyped. It wasn't. He earned the praise. He was amazing. One of the best villains in cinema period. Ledger and the director decided not to make the Joker over the top in every scene. They chose certain moments for it to happen. They didn't overuse the laugh which I was worried they were going to do. I'm glad there were no 'feel sorry for the Joker' moments like a flashback or sad story... Like iSm, I'm glad there was really no explaination by him giving so many different origin stories. The best shot in the film, by far, is the shot where the Joker is just standing there while the Batcycle comes tearing at him. The look he gives over his shoulder is awesome! Perfect. His performance, as much as it made me happy, made me profoundly sad. The man's gone, his Joker is gone with him. Such a talent snuffed so soon.

Now, here's something I was trying to say about Indy 4 that was illustrated by this film. There was a plausibility to everything that happened in this movie. The flying... okay, maybe not so much, but it's one of those times that you suspend your disbelief. I suspended a lot during Indy 4 and that unbelievable events just made the whole movie a dung heap for me. Mostly everything that happened in TDK maybe could have happened.

This movie was dang dark. I kinda felt like I needed a shower after seeing it. The movie did remind me of Saw in several places. The phone embedded in the body, the grenade in the bank manager's mouth, the two ferries, the recorded footage of the hostage (Anthony Michael Hall - hahaha)... The Nolans seemed to have been inspired by the Saw films...

I give TDK high marks. It wasn't a perfect film, but it was great. I say it's a tie for best comic book movie with Spiderman 2.

I wonder who the next villain will be? Catwoman? Riddler? Penguin?

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I really, really liked this one. I liked it better than Begins.
Heath Ledger was stunningly good in this. Bornieo may not see an Oscar for Ledger, but I do. Truly.

Spoiler:

CP & GD ~ Me me me! I noticed the Catwoman reference. I nudged my friend Stephanie at that point. Yay!

Include my voice in the Hates the Batgrowl Choir. Yikes.

Scarecrow, Two Face and Joker all in the same movie. Neat how it works for this movie and didn't work for Forever and & Robin.

Batman's escape with Lau was brilliant. Loved it.

I wasn't bugged by Gyllenhaal. I like her. There is a natural quality to her that allows her to avoid sounding campy or forced.

I don't know what it is, but something bothers me about Bale's mouth. I think he may have too many teeth... I dunno.

Couple of Bush jabs, pretty good imho.

I liked Eckhart as well. I liked him in Thank You for Smoking and Erin Brokovich as well. The Two Face effect was amazingly well done. Although, I doubt that the normal side of him would have any hair left. Hair burns really, really fast. The precise hair part kinda bugged me.

Okay, Ledger. Man! I was worried that his performance was over-hyped. It wasn't. He earned the praise. He was amazing. One of the best villains in cinema period. Ledger and the director decided not to make the Joker over the top in every scene. They chose certain moments for it to happen. They didn't overuse the laugh which I was worried they were going to do. I'm glad there were no 'feel sorry for the Joker' moments like a flashback or sad story... Like iSm, I'm glad there was really no explaination by him giving so many different origin stories. The best shot in the film, by far, is the shot where the Joker is just standing there while the Batcycle comes tearing at him. The look he gives over his shoulder is awesome! Perfect. His performance, as much as it made me happy, made me profoundly sad. The man's gone, his Joker is gone with him. Such a talent snuffed so soon.

Now, here's something I was trying to say about Indy 4 that was illustrated by this film. There was a plausibility to everything that happened in this movie. The flying... okay, maybe not so much, but it's one of those times that you suspend your disbelief. I suspended a lot during Indy 4 and that unbelievable events just made the whole movie a dung heap for me. Mostly everything that happened in TDK maybe could have happened.

This movie was dang dark. I kinda felt like I needed a shower after seeing it. The movie did remind me of Saw in several places. The phone embedded in the body, the grenade in the bank manager's mouth, the two ferries, the recorded footage of the hostage (Anthony Michael Hall - hahaha)... The Nolans seemed to have been inspired by the Saw films...

I give TDK high marks. It wasn't a perfect film, but it was great. I say it's a tie for best comic book movie with Spiderman 2.

I wonder who the next villain will be? Catwoman? Riddler? Penguin?

Spoiler:

Oh yes. Forgot to say: Ledger is a wicked nurse. Almost as evil as Nurse Ratched.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Couple of Bush jabs, pretty good imho.

I felt that way too, but as I've thought about the movie over the weekend I've come around to the conclusion that The Dark Knight may be our first mainstream pro-Bush movie.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

And was Fear the theme of Batman Begins? I honestly wasn't aware of that. So pretty weak theme, in my perception. But, yes, a definite plot. And I appreciated that. It was just way more of a Fantasy Batman plot with Reality Batman trimmings.

You need to see Begins again. It is 100% about fear from beginning to end.

Originally Posted by Alex

I felt that way too, but as I've thought about the movie over the weekend I've come around to the conclusion that The Dark Knight may be our first mainstream pro-Bush movie.

Yeah, that kinda bugged me. "It's okay to invade everyone's privacy by tapping into their phones in this time of crisis because I'm doing it for a good reason." Bleh.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

This movie was dang dark. I kinda felt like I needed a shower after seeing it. The movie did remind me of Saw in several places. The phone embedded in the body, the grenade in the bank manager's mouth, the two ferries, the recorded footage of the hostage (Anthony Michael Hall - hahaha)... The Nolans seemed to have been inspired by the Saw films...

Now that you mention it, I see it. I didn't notice it during the movie though.

That's where Anthony Michael Hall was!